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WORKSHOP on SCREENPLAY WRITING
APRIL 2006

Everything that one wants to know about screenplay writing..!

Lectures, Practical & Film Screenings





" I think the writer is the biggest star of any movie.
If I have a good script, I can get any actor I want in the film!
"

Robert Evans - Producer of The Godfather


The Workshop

Duration : 4 days
Dates : 13th to 16th April, 2006
Timings : 10am - 6pm
Venue : Juhu Jagriti Hall, N.M.College, Juhu, Mumbai

Workshop Fee :
Rs. 5000/-
This includes :
1 ) Study material with writing pad
2 ) Copy of ' Views & Thoughts on Script Writing ', a first of its kind text book on script writing specially published by IFA
3 ) Tea / Snacks / Meal

Discounted Fee :
Rs. 4000/- for delegates of recently concluded Mumbai International Film Festival, members of film societies and students.

Main Features of Syllabus
  1. The Subject or Content :
      a) Idea
      b) Story with B/M/E
  2. Plot
  3. Nature of a story :
      a) Theme driven
      b) Character driven
  4. Structure
  5. Scene & Sequence
  6. Creating & Developing Characters
  7. Context
  8. Dialogue
  9. Three Act Structure
10. Adaptation
11. Writing a screenplay
12. Draft after draft
13. Why

Screenings During The Course
Short Films :
  1. Happy Anniversary
  2. Glass
  3. Big City Blues
  4. Incident At Oval Creek
  5. Sequence Comedy
  6. Smoking Kills
  7. Ford v/s Pigeon

Clippings from Films :
  1. Bicycle Thieves
  2. Pather Panchali
  3. Do Bigha Zamin
  4. Shree 420
  5. Mugal-e-Azam
  6. Deewar
  7. Aanand
  8. Shakti
  9. Ardhasatya
10. Mr.& Mrs.Iyer
11. Swades
12. Godfather
13. Parinda
14. Damini
15. Satya
16. Children of Heaven
17. Dante

Faculty
Ashok Rane & Guest lecturers from film industry / film academics

Eligibility

IFA wishes to enroll candidates who have the basic knowledge of writing, preferably of scriptwriting and a keen desire to improve their skill.

Medium of Teaching :

The workshop will be conducted in English / Hindi and
participants are free to write their script in any one of the languages.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO

Download the application form (given in Word document format).

You could either fill it in Word or
take a printout and fill it by hand
and send it to us at our postal address.

Please note :
Please attach 2 I-card size photographs to application form.
All the participants will get a certificate on the last day in concluding session.
Seats are limited.


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